This text provides a succinct statement of key recent developments across a range of mainstream areas of law practice. It is designed to enable practitioners and students on professional law courses to keep up to date with developments in respect of caselaw, legislation and practice.

Contents:

The Treaty of Amsterdam; provisions amending the EC Treaty; institutions of the European Union; sources of community law; general principles of community law; actions by community institutions; preliminary rulings - Article 177 EC Treaty; free movement of goods; free movement of persons; freedom of establishment and provisions of services; employment law and sex discrimination; intellectual property; competition law; consumer protection; common foreign and security policy; co-operation in the field of justice and home affairs.